Egyptians advancements were helpful because their knowledge of astronomy helped farmers to consider the time and seasons. And the mathematics portion helped with measurements of time for a calendar.
The efforts of Dorothea Dix changed the living conditions of the mentally ill from prisons to hospitals. She was an American activist on behalf of the poor people suffering from insanity whom she ended up creating asylums for. She did this through several strong programs of lobbying state legislatures and doing this through the United States Congress.
It increased efforts to maintain order and enforce laws.